Dan Aykroyd

After Chase left, Lorne tried to hang onto his talented cast for as long as he could, but there was no stopping Aykroyd from becoming a huge star after he left with John Belushi to do The Blues Brothers. The very first SNL spin-off established a winning formula for Aykroyd: working with fellow SNL alums like Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy resulted in some of his most beloved movies. If only future “SNL movies” had as good a track record.